A REFLECTIVE CLINICAL PRACTICE EXPERIENCE Introduction My reflective clinical practice experience was based on my eight weeks placement in an acute mental health ward in a hospital. I was not sure of what to expect because I have never worked or placed in an acute ward and this was my second placement. Before starting my placement, I visited the ward and was inducted around the ward. This gave me a bit of confidence and reassurance about working in an acute ward. Reflection is a process of
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occupation I chose is that of a psychiatric Board certification in psychiatric nursing through the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Psychiatric Nurses: Treat patients diagnosed with conditions like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression. They’re also trained in behavioral therapy, which allows these nurses to teach patients, and their loved ones, how to deal with challenges that go along with psychiatric disorders (http://www.discovernursing.com/specialty/psychiatric-nurse#.VH6R9DHF8rc) To
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Ergonomics, human engineering or human factors engineering is the science of creating products or designing machines which maximize safety, comfort or efficiency of people who use them. People who work with ergonomics apply general principles of industrial engineering, psychology, anthropometrics, which is the science of human measurement, and even biomechanics to adapt certain designs of products or workplaces to peoples constitution, strengths and limitations. This science also takes into
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50 First Dates is a movie about a guy and a girl falling in love, but have struggles because the girl Lucy Whitmore played by Drew Barrymore is suffering from Anterograde Amnesia. Henry Roth who is played by Adam Sandler is a veterinarian at Sea Life Park in Oahu Hawaii who is known as a womanizer who is afraid of a comment. Barrymore character is known as a sweet teacher who loves life and her family. In the movie Lucy is suffering from anterograde amnesia, and Roth is trying to win her heart
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victims of neural pathological procedures that overcome cognitive and communicative functionalities. While the latest procedures on spinal cord injuries suggest that patients may display spaces of consciousness on the worst persistent vegetative states. Is very common that disputes arise over the treatment of patients that had been unresponsive through injury or illness for certain time lapse. Families get torn between the final decision because for some to end the “artificial life” is the alternative
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Brain Injury. This article dealt with teens with traumatic brain injuries and their improvement after the use of (TOPS) Teen online problem-solving. The article also suggests a relationship between parent psychological functioning and communication as a predictor for externalizing behavior problems after pediatric traumatic brain injury. The article explained how the use of (TOPS) improved behavioral problems and parent teen conflict with teens who suffered from (TBI’s) Traumatic Brain injuries. The
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Specific Aims When we think of football players what is the first stereotypical remark that comes to an individuals’ mind? As judgmental as we all are, most individuals consider these subjects exceptional athletes without the highest intelligence quotient (IQ). With an increased focused being built around concussions in football it is important that we determine the mechanisms behind concussions and how they affect intelligence quotient from high school to the professional level. An increased
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Military Reserve, Retirees, Family Members and Children. This establishment provides social services in the areas of individual counseling, group counseling, family counseling, diagnoses, medical evaluation boards (Military members), Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), disorder testing, just to name a few. This organization works closely with various establishments off-post in order to have a cohesive plan of treatment on and off-post. I interviewed Ms. Sue Scott
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developed while deployed in a war zone. This condition is called Traumatic Brain Injury, also known as TBI. It is an injury that is not found on the outside of the body but rather internal, therefore it is called the Unseen Wound. Even though it’s unseen, TBI is real and affects a large percentage of veterans returning from war and test results show that an average of 46 percent of soldiers have TBI. Traumatic brain injury, the signature wound of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, is doubly cruel: it leaves
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meds can only do so much and how much more we still have to learn to improve medication in the future for trauma patients. It helps me to understand that not all brain functions can be cured with medication yet and therefore when you’re dealing with injuries to the brain you have to be sensitive to the fact that some people may have permanent effects such as memory loss. This to me shows that memory drugs today are not quite where they need to be but that they are a helpful tool. Vergano, D. (2011,
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